Gold Sands Beach
Huangdao District, Shandong, China
No photo of Gold Sands Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 5:13 pm5.6
12 km/h8 mph wind, Good
5.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
5.2
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
5.3
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
6.8
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
7.1
23 km/h14 mph wind, Great
7.0
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
5.6
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
7.9
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.2
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
7.7
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 3 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C64°F
- Water
- 21°C70°F
- Wind
- 2012 km/hmph E
- Gusts
- 3119 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.6 m2 ft
- UV
- 1 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 5:13 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 2 pm, 1.5 m5 ft
- Low 9 pm, -0.9 m3 ft
- High 3 am, 1.7 m6 ft
- Low 9 am, -1.0 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Gold Sands Beach
Gold Sands Beach is located in the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula of sea shore in Phoenix island Huangdao District of Qingdao. It is near Yellow Sea in the south. Its shape is like a crescent. Gold Sands Beach is more than 3,500 m (11,500 ft) long and 300 m (980 ft) wide. Because that the water is clear, the beach is flat, sand is like powder and the colour and lustre is as gold, it is named "Gold Sands Beach", which is the largest and most beautiful beach, known as "the first beach in Asia".
Source: Gold Sands Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms460 m0.3 mi away
- Showers470 m0.3 mi away
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 750 m0.5 mi金沙滩西
- Nearest town
- 2 km1.2 mi南营房 (village)
- Nearest airport
- 47 km29 mi青岛胶东国际机场 (TAO)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.5 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 2%
- Sun8.8 ExcellentBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
- Mon7.9 GreatBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 2%
- Tue6.3 GoodBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.0 GoodBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 2%
- Thu5.5 GoodBest 5 pm to 6 pmWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 4%